Cosmin Balasa

Defensive Midfielder - Petrolul
15 Apr 2027
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Marked for Cosmin Balasa

32 Edition

The Petrolul Courier

8 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad8 Mar 2027

A knee injury of the worst kind for Benoît Costil

126 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Petrolul lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Market8 Mar 2027

Paul Hagi puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Petrolul, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad8 Mar 2027

Bryam Rebellón: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Petrolul have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad8 Mar 2027

Cosmin Balasa signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Cosmin Balasa and Petrolul agree another 2 years.

Squad8 Mar 2027

Nicolò Martinelli in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Petrolul this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market8 Mar 2027

Andrei Hagi returns from a loan that gave him nothing

0 appearances and 0 goals is not a season, it is a year somebody has lost. Whether that is his fault, the borrowing club's or the people who arranged it is the argument the next few weeks will have.

In brief

Back issues
16 Edition

The Petrolul Courier

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market16 Nov 2026

Paul Hagi hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Petrolul can pretend not to have heard.

Squad16 Nov 2026

Nicolò Martinelli falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad16 Nov 2026

Bogdan Chiriches in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Petrolul this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad16 Nov 2026

Petrolul count the cost of losing Sergiu Moldovan

15 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Squad16 Nov 2026

Roman Mamaev gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Player ratings16 Nov 2026

Cosmin Balasa shuts the door

Defensive actions: 17, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

In brief

12 Edition

The Petrolul Courier

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings19 Oct 2026

Roman Mamaev shuts the door

Defensive actions: 29, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Nicolò Martinelli falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Match17 Oct 2026

Petrolul get the job done against Astra

A 2‑0 win over Astra, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Player ratings19 Oct 2026

A defender's afternoon for Cosmin Balasa

Defensive actions: 20. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Sergiu Moldovan out for 47 days

The medical room confirms 47 days on the sidelines for Sergiu Moldovan, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Petrolul count the cost of losing Cosmin Nedelcearu

32 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Player ratings19 Oct 2026

Marius Dragusin stands above it all

Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.75 on the card, and the Petrolul support went home talking about one name.

Loan watch19 Oct 2026

Dorin Deac counts the days

“I watch every Petrolul game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Dinamo Bucharest runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Florin Coman in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Petrolul this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

In brief

6 Edition

The Petrolul Courier

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market7 Sep 2026

Paul Hagi hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Petrolul can pretend not to have heard.

Match7 Sep 2026

Every point is an argument now for Petrolul

Position 9 and 4 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.

Market7 Sep 2026

Petrolul turn down Rukh for Andrei Dumiter

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Match5 Sep 2026

5 matches without a win for Petrolul

The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Petrolul are no longer polite ones.

Market7 Sep 2026

Petrolul get their man

The chase for Andrei Dumiter ended with $540.0K changing hands and Botosani out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.

The terraces7 Sep 2026

$540.0K for Andrei Dumiter, and Petrolul supporters approve

Boards get told what they have done wrong for years and hear nothing on the days they get it right. This is one of those days: Andrei Dumiter from Botosani for $540.0K, and a ticket office having a very good morning.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Nicolò Martinelli falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Match5 Sep 2026

Petrolul come up short against Dinamo Bucharest

Dinamo Bucharest left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Tempers go at Petrolul

Dorin Marin was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

In brief